September 2nd, 2009 | Author: admin
image by Peonies and PolaroidsI don’t always get very personal here on this blog, but a year ago today, the Vietnamese and US adoption agreement expired, leaving so many orphans unable to be adopted out and stranding our case overseas. (An adoption we had worked 2 1/2 years on.) We lost Cupcake and just about all hope. It seemed certain that it would be at least 2 years before another adoption anywhere would be completed.
It’s funny to lose something, or someone you haven’t yet met.
Of course, we were disappointed that all our efforts, calls, e-mails, $$ was for nothing, but I was most stuck by the grief I watched by those caught up in it. Our parents, our friends, my co-workers… we received dozens of passionate e-mails and phone calls. Troy has taught me to be so much more open and transparent. With our transparency meant so many more people experienced both our joys and sorrows.
Yet as in all of life, things were about to get so much more difficult, and yet so mind blowing amazing. A year ago today I would have never believed you, if you told me today I would be rocking to sleep a 14 month old baby girl and has lived with us for the last 7 months!! (Emma come to us locally, a process that literally took 8 days, from meeting her to being approved as her adoptive parents. She immediately began seeing us daily !) I can only say that God makes amazing, miraculous things happen. We don’t always get what we want, more importantly we get what we need. It’s hard to really appreciated joy and comfort, without first understanding loss. Today is our bittersweet reminder of God’s mysterious ways.
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